by unispourlegalite | Feb 12, 2015 | voting rights
In Ireland all foreign residents have the right to vote in municipal elections and have been doing so … since 1963!
Driving force of progress
According to the diverse testimonies and studies on the subject, this measure currently generates …
by unispourlegalite | Feb 12, 2015 | voting rights
In 2004 in Belgium, Socialists convinced the liberals to grant the right of vote to foreign citizens.
How did the debate leading up to the right of vote in Belgium go?
This kind of proposition is always subject to …
by unispourlegalite | Feb 12, 2015 | voting rights
The citizens of the 54 countries that belonged to the former British Empire are entitled to vote and stand for election for all elections
In Great Britain, there is a unique type of legislation concerning the voting rights of …
by unispourlegalite | Feb 12, 2015 | voting rights
To amend the inequalities of the political representation of women, minorities and disabled people, the Speaker’s Conference, a committee of members of the House of Commons, was entasked in 2008 to make recommendations
An extraordinary enquiry: a parliamentary commission …
by unispourlegalite | Feb 12, 2015 | voting rights
As a farewell gift, the Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, in office from 2004 to 2011, granted the right to vote to Moroccan nationals living in the country.
According to a Senate report, “Under the principle of reciprocity, …
by unispourlegalite | Feb 12, 2015 | voting rights
The Parti Radical de Gauche (Radical Party of the Left, PRG) has organised a tour of France to discuss voting rights for foreigners. Julie Hollard, who initiated the tour, tells us about it.
Montpellier, in the south of France. …